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snatched

/snæt͡ʃt/ adjective B2
  1. Good-looking.
  2. Having a narrow waist. (slang) · Lucinda impressed her class when she revealed how snatched she was under her baggy sweatshirt.
  3. Narrow. (slang)
  4. Having an attractive, sculpted appearance of face and/or body. (slang)
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The Eagle did not prove ungrateful to his deliverer, for seeing the Peasant sitting under a wall which was not safe, he flew toward him and with his talons snatched a bundle from his head.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 53 · B2
She was not much hurt, but in her fall one of the Silver Shoes came off; and before she could reach it, the Witch had snatched it away and put it on her own skinny foot.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 88 · B2
Marilla snatched at it with a gasp.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 102 · C1
Then she snatched up the paper.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 273 · C1

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